Fundamentally, I think this series is two things, and they aren’t mutually exclusive – a bildungsroman and a tragedy. Read more

This show is so damn good right now that I’m happy to be able to enjoy it with no mixed feelings whatsoever. Read more

Louis, you may just have pissed off the wrong guy. Read more

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Shoukoku no Altair has really hit its stride over these last couple of months. Read more

If you love history and you love anime, a show like this one is kind of a perfect storm – and none of the arrows the haters fling at it seem to make much of an impact. Read more

The sense now is that even if he succeeds Mahmut has essentially already failed. Read more

Shoukoku no Altair remains one of the great disconnects of 2017 anime as far as I’m concerned.  Read more

If one side wants war badly enough there’s ultimately nothing to other can do to avoid it.  Read more

As cold as it is there, I sure hope the border guards have gloves. Read more